"Bleeding and Dying Dolphin" Video Spreads on SNS... Killed 'for Fun'

[Asia Economy Reporter Nah Han-ah] A video showing the indiscriminate beating to death of the endangered Indian 'Ganges River dolphin' has sparked controversy.

According to India Today on the 9th, a video circulated on SNS showing a dolphin bleeding and dying from blows by sticks and axes wielded by seven young men laughing at the Sharda Canal in Uttar Pradesh on the 31st of last month.

The police identified three of the men through the video circulated on SNS and arrested them on the 7th of this month, and are identifying the remaining participants.

They are village residents aged 19 to 20 and will be punished for violating the Wildlife Protection Act.

The animal they beat to death was the Ganges River dolphin, a freshwater dolphin with a long snout.

Freshwater dolphins inhabit the Ganges River in India, the Indus River in Pakistan, the Yangtze River in China, and the Amazon River in South America, and were designated as endangered species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in 1997.

The population of Ganges River dolphins is estimated to be around 1,200 to 1,800 individuals.

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